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The Payments System Board continues to delve into corners of the retail payments market in a manner amenable to the strategies of the Eftpos scheme. read more

Improving sentiment towards banks in the core of the eurozone during July saw US money market funds reduce their holdings of short-term debt from Australian banks. read more

The institutional banking business at Commonwealth Bank is making one of its periodic pushes to lift its market share, an effort that on this occasion may enjoy the support of the bank's CEO. read more

Commonwealth Bank lifted its dividend payout ratio to 75 per cent in the 2012 full year and resolved that it would pay more of the dividend following the half year profit in future. read more

Commonwealth Bank's story of profit growth in Asia - which is driven by investments in Indonesia and China - continues to be hampered by the little discussed fraud in 2010 at Qilu Bank, in which CBA.. read more

ANZ's CEO yesterday voiced fresh frustration over APRA's approach to the measurement of capital and said the bank may have to adapt its strategy if the regulator sticks with its present approach. read more

Cash earnings tracked sideways at National Australia Bank for a third successive quarter in June. The bank said its cash earnings were $A$1.4 billion, while net profit was $$1.2 billion. read more

The committal hearing on bribery and related charges of eight people associated with banknote manufacturer Securency began yesterday. read more

There are signs of a response in the level of credit being demanded by households in the latest monthly data from the ABS that could point to a stronger recovery than other, partial, measures of dem.. read more

A ruling by the Financial Ombudsman Service that a financial planning business must compensate two clients has been upheld by the Supreme Court of Western Australia. read more